Patti LuPone: Coulda, Woulda, Shoulda... (Played That Part)

Patti LuPone has taken her rightful place as the reigning diva of her generation. Detractors may sling mud at her Long Island–Sicilian earthiness, but LuPone's voice and the evident joy she takes in using it make such objections moot. Her style is stamped with an implicit credo: all guts, all glory. This month she performs a modified version of a 2007 set of songs from parts she never got to play onstage.